VRWC Life Member - David Cash

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Most Melbourne based walkers will recognise David Cash as one of our regular VRWC judges at Middle Park. But they may not realise how far back his involvement with the sport and with the club actually goes.

When he retired after a successful career as an amateur cyclist, David joined the Sandringham Athletics Club in 1978, starting to compete in Athletics Victoria Interclub competition. He quickly found racewalking, joining VAWC in 1979.

He competed for our club from 1979 to 1993 and was very good, regularly representing Victoria at Australian Championship and Federation level. In those days, our main interclub walk distances were 1500m and 3000m. Possessed of great speed, David's 1500m track walk PB stood at 5:45.0 (08/11/1980) and his 3000m times were regularly in the mid 12 minute range. His highest ranking performances in Victorian championships read as follows

1981	Victorian 3000m Track Championship	4th	12:37.4
1982	Victorian 50km Road Championship	3rd	4:42:00
1983	Victorian 50km Road Championship	3rd	4:43:00
1985	Victorian 30km Road Championship	3rd	2:35:00

He was also part of our 1984 20 Mile Walk Teams gold medal in the LBG Carnival (2:47:37).

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1986 – David leads Andrew Jachno and Michael Harvey in Interclub competition in Melbourne

He was forced to retire from racewalking in 1993, the result of some long term wear and tear from his many years of competitive sport. Rather than turn away from the sport, he turned his hand to racewalk judging at the Masters level, and was mentored by the late great Ray Smith.

Over the course of time, he extended his repertoire to become an Athletics Victoria official, as well as judging in the wider racewalking world. He is of course one of our regular VRWC club judges and has been for many years. This year he celebrates 40 years with the club, a milestone that should not go unnoticed.

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David judging at Middle Park in July 2019 with fellow judges Kathleen Marsh and Gordon Loughnan

At the 2019 VRWC Annual General Meeting, David was awarded life membership, a fitting recognition of his many years of service to our club.

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David is congratulated by VRWC President Stuart Cooper on the occasion of his VRWC Life Membership on 17th November 2019

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VRWC Life Member - David Cash